Counting device.



H POSTER. COUNTING DEVICE:

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1911.

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H. FOSTER.

COUNTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 11111.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

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Application filed/seawater 9, 19-11.

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Be it known that' I,HnRenirnFosrnn; a subject of Great Britain and Treland, ,residing at New Haven; in thercounty of. New Haven and State of Gonnecticut, have; invented certain new and; useful- Improvements in Counting'Devices, .of which-the following: is a specification.v

This inventionrelates in; general tc counting devices and aims to produce a register ing device: adapted for attachment to= a change machine, the-device bein constructed to register the-number of individualcoins of varying value requisite-to=the-discharge of a pay-roll or the like.

Change machines, constructed to deliver the requisite number of coins of the various denominations to makeup the amount of change required upon the operation of a push button or key indicating the amount,

have been in common use priorto my. pres ent invention which is designed as an attachment for such a machine to-register the number ofcoins of each denominationwhich large number of bills, pay slips or the like: Change machines of the character above indicatedusually comprise a series of ejecting devices adapted to be-projected from the body of the machine to deliver from a magazine containing coins of various. denominations the requisite number of coins designated by the particular push button which is operated and my present invention is intended to'be substituted in place of the coin magazine so that each set of,

registry wheels will be actuated by one'of the coin ejecting devices upon the actuationof'a push button, whereby the number of coins designated by the-particular push but of coins designated by successive actuations of a number of push buttons will be counted exposed to the view of the operator.

lily invention will be best understood by reference'to the following description when considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings illus rating one preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring: to the drawingsFiguiie' l is a side elBWttiOIl of:a change machine'with the side plate removed, showing my proved registering device attached thereto, the side plate of" said registering device-be- Specification of Letters Patent.

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ing removed to; show'the. interior thereof; Fig. 2 is'a sectional elevation of. theregistering device viewed from the front; and, Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on theline .343 of Fig: 2..

On the drawings, 5'designates generally a change machine which may be of any well lniown orpreferred type, .the one disclosed,

however, being generally known to the trade as the Brandt machine. The frame of this machine is supported upon suitable'legs 6 and 7 and carries at its front end achange pocket or. hopper 8 intowhich the coins are; delivered when the vmachine is used for making change. Journaled in the sides of; the frame 5, are a series of rockers 9, each of" which comprises a bar or shaft extending-transversely of'the' machine which is normally held in the elevated posi tion shown in Fig: 1 by tension springs 10 secured at one end to theshafts and at their other ends to the frame of the machine. The'ends of the shaft arebentassliown so thatthe shaft proper isofiset from'the bearings 9 and ea'ch 'shaft' is provided with a downWardly-entending'arm 151 which is pivotally connected witha forwardly projec ingrlinklQg. Theforward end of'each link is guided in its longitudinal movements by guides lfiiand' carries an upwardly projecting head14 to which is pivotally connected at 15 a=' coin ejecting device 16. Therock- .ing of its operation in connection with the have combined thereattachment which I with. It will besufiicient for the purposes ofthis application to simply state that each reekeris'adapted toproject a coin ejector coin magazine to eject a coin "therefrominto the hopper 8. The coin magazine is not shown on the same having been replaced by my'improved; registering device. The magazine,

the drawings,

r seals of different denominations are exas many of the rockers 9'as may be neces-Q;

tor','I have shown in the present instance a however, as is well known, consists ofa 'series of vertically arranged slots-1n which posed and each actuation of an ejector will *remove the lowermost coin from one ofthe 7 slots. -'Each of the push button shanks l9 is .equipped with one or more feet 17 to rock sary to eject such coins as will total in value .the number shown on the particulanpushbutton 22 which is depressed. It willbe understood that my invention 'riiayrbe used in connection with other types of change making machines and that the particular construction of the change machine is not c'erned.

vUpon the front of the change machine in material so far as this application is conj theposition normally occupied by the coin magazine, I have detachably mounted a casing 23 in which is journaled a shaft 24 provided at one end with a knurled operating knob 25; The shaft proper is supported in suitable uprights orstandards 26 having .forwardly projecting lugs or ears 27 in which is fixedly supporteda rod 28. Upon the rod 28 I have mounted. a series of elon- I gated bearings29. which are provided with.

downwardly projecting arms-30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, respectively-. The lower ends, of these arms are disposedin alinement with the forward ends of the coin ejectors 16.

Upon-the shaft 24 I have mounted a series of sets ofregistr-y wheels-which sets are designated on the drawings as 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47, each set preferably comprising, as shown, three'or more wheels pro vided with numbers, the wheels ineach set being adapted to register units, tens, hundreds, etc., as is customary with various types of counting devices. a Each of. the

bearings 29 is provided with an upwardly projecting arm or lever 48 which has pivoted at its upper end a pawl 49 adapted to engage with the unit wheel, of a set of registry wheels. An ear 50, projecting forwardly from each of the bearings 29, is connected by a spring5l with the base of the frame, whereby the pawls are normally held in retracted position shown in Fig. 1, and a second spring 52, connected with the projecting end of each pawl and its corresponding ear 50, holds the free end of the pawl in engagement with its respective unit wheel. A spring 53 is provided for each registry wheel to yieldingly retain the same in any position to which it may have been rotated onthe shaft 24. It will be evident that jbytthe return springlO, the pawl and levers will be restored-to normal positionby the springs 51 and 52. While it will be evident that as many sets of registry wheels may be employed as there are registering devices on achange machine and that theunit wheel of each. set-may be moved forward one step only at each operation of its particular ejecregistry Wheels 40 are adapted to register fifty cent pieces; the set. 41, twenty-five cent pieces; the sets 42 and 43, ten cent pieces;

the set 44, five cent pieces; and the sets 45,

46 and 47, pennies. The coinejector of the machine with which this registering device is adapted to be employed, which. engages with the arm 37, discharges, when used as a changemachine, two pieces at each actuation 1 thereof, consequently in order to accurately :register and count, the number of coins required, it is necessary that the unit wheel of .theset 45-move two steps at each operation of its ejector. 'In. order that this may be accomplished the'bearing 38 is mounted in a lower planethan the bearings-29 so that the length of the arms 37 and 48 are diminished-and increased, respectively, thus imlparting a longer stroke to this particular arm 48 and moving the unitwheel of the set 45 two steps instead of one at each operation. If preferred,- however, all of the bearings may be mounted in the same plane and the unit wheel of the set 45 may be marked only with alternate figures as 2, 4, 6, etc., in which instance, movement of the wheel one step will register two coins.

The sets of registry, wheels are xloosely mounted on the shaft 24iand are adapted to be returned to initial position upon one revolution of said shaft in-a counter clockwise direction looking at Fig. 3. Such a connection between the wheels and the shaft is well known and need not be explained in detail. I have, however, designed novel' mechanism for locking and releasing the shaft 24 which will now be explained.

A pin 50 .projects downwardly from the shaft 24'when in normal position to be engaged by a lever 51 pivoted on a pin 52 mounted in the upright 26 and provided with a locking slot 53' into which the'lower 80 structed to deliver fifty cent pieces, quarters, i

end of the lever is provided with a curved tail 56 adapted to be operated by pin 59 'mounted on a rotatably knurled knob 58.

' 25 in a counter clockwise direction until the pin 50' engages with the rear face'of the shoulder 59, the registry wheels being thereby returned to zero position. The shaft may then be turned in a clockwise direction until the pin 50 is again brought into engagement with the notch 53', whereupon the shaft will be automatically locked against rotation with the various partsin position for operation of the device in the.

manner previously described. v

lVhile Ihave shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention it will be apparent that various forms of the invention may be employed with counting machines of various types and that the in-' vention is not restricted to the registering of coins of a less denomination than one dollar, but that'the same idea may be extended to machines adaptedto register coins or currency of any denomination. Furthermore, the invention isnot restricted to the construction and arrangement of the parts as shown and described, but various changes in the mechanical details of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the material advantages thereof.

I claim:

comprising a plurality of coin ejecting devices and a series of operating buttons, and a registering mechanism adapted to replace the coin magazine of said machine and comprising a set of registry wheels for each coin ejecting device and a pivoted lever p0- sitioned in the path of each coin ejecting de-, vice and connected with a corresponding set of registry wheels whereby the sets of wheels will be actuatedat each operation,

of their respective coin ejecting devices. 2. The combination of a change machine,

and a detachable registering mechanism, said mechanism adapted to replace the coin magaterposed' in the zine of said machine, comprising a plurality of sets of coaXially mounted registry wheels, a plurality of pivotally mounted levers having their lower ends arranged in the path of the coin ejecting devices of the change chine, a pawl mounted upon the upper end of each of said levers in position to engage with the unit wheels in said sets and means for maintaining said pawls in engagemei, with their respective wheels whereby upon operation of the change machine said wheels will be actuated to register the number of coins designated by said coin machine.

3. The combination of a change machine having operating keys for ejecting coins from the machine, and a removable device for computing change totals temporarily replacingthe coin magazineof said change machine and operable through the agency of the operating keys of said change machine.

4. The combination of a change machine provided with a plurality of coin ejecting devices, and a removable device for computing change totals temporarily replacing the coin magazine of said change machine and provided with registering mechanisms inpath of travel of and operable by said ejecting devices.

The combination with a change machine, comprising a plurality of coin ejectingdevices and keys for operating the same, of a counting device removably connected with said machine and adapted to replace the coin magazine of the machine, said counting device comprising a plurality of sets of registering wheels and a pivotally mounted operating lever for each set of registering wheels, said levers being positioned in the path of movement of said coin ejecting devices when the counting device is substituted for the coin magazine of the ma 1. The combination of a change machine prising a plurality of counters and adapted for detachable application to said support in place of the coin magazine structure and to be operated by said ejectors.

HERBERT FOSTER.

Witnesses:

B. TOWNSEND, I. J. TAYLOR. 

